This is no longer a complaint limited to one forgotten lane or one neglected colony. What is unfolding in Delhi is a citywide warning, one that stretches from West Delhi to East Delhi, from kitchen taps to hospital wards. Contaminated, sewer-mixed water continues to flow through government pipelines while residents fall sick, and authorities respond with the same familiar refrain: work is underway, or fit report from Delhi Jal Board.
After Kunwar Singh Colony, India Today travelled to Namdhari Colony in Ramesh Nagar and Mayur Vihar Phase 2. Two neighbourhoods separated by geography but united by the same failure. Different locations, same story, dirty water, rising illnesses, and a system that refuses to acknowledge the scale of the crisis.
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